[security] Open Redirector issue with checkid_immediate

SitG Admin sysadmin at shadowsinthegarden.com
Tue Jun 9 04:01:56 UTC 2009


>I don't think browser javascript can manipulate the Referrer header. 
> So it seems like a reasonable precaution to me to check it.

I've checked it. Looks like there *was* an attack against versions of 
Firefox before 2.0.0.10, and the XML HTTP Request object might work 
in any case:
http://pseudo-flaw.net/content/web-browsers/firefox-referer-spoofing/
http://jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html
The relevant line of code for that second page is:
xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Accept','message/x-jl-formresult')
I have not tested this.

-Shade



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